Tech Stocks End Up Slightly
Despite IBM, Apple Reports

NEW YORK -- Technology stocks closed slightly higher Thursday as some encouraging economic news lifted spirits despite lackluster earnings. Reports from International Business Machines and Nokia weighed on sentiment, but Netflix surged.

After waffling throughout the session, late day buying boosted the Nasdaq Composite Index 11.04, or 0.6%, to close at 1950.14, while Morgan Stanley's high-tech index rose 1.28 to 452.20 and the Nasdaq...